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Mobile phones: Open source calls the tune
An Irish company, 3G Doctor, is employing the until now redundant camera on the front of 3G phones to provide remote medical consultations, especially in country areas. A hospital in Da Nang City, Vietnam, has developed software to transform a mobile phone into a database of treatments and medical knowledge that can be looked at in an emergency. These are but two recent examples of the ...
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Microsoft Tries Annual Fee in New Office Bundle
A lower-cost, subscription-based Office bundle may be less of an effort to undermine Google Apps and more about promoting Microsoft's OneCare antivirus service.
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Technophile
The Disgo Media Bank comes with a 500GB hard drive included - which, at £170 for the whole item (slightly cheaper if you shop around online) would have seemed a great deal for the drive alone a couple of years ago. But the Media Bank also records and plays back TV and video files, as well as playing music files and displaying photos. Is it a bargain? Well, no. It has a few subtle failings ...
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Ask Jack
SD or xD? Looking at digital SLR cameras, most appear to use xD cards. I already use SD cards. What is the difference? Maurice JS: The SD (Secure Digital) card standard was developed by Panasonic, SanDisk and Toshiba to provide a small protected storage format for devices such as PDAs, MP3 players and mobile phones. There are now miniSD and microSD versions, plus SDHC cards. The SDHC ...
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Umno duo deny crossover plans
KUALA LUMPUR: Two Umno members of parliament mentioned in an Internet posting as thinking of crossing over to Pakatan Rakyat have rubbished the speculation.
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Small IT is beautiful
In last year's dismal parade of government IT security blunders, it was a relatively minor exhibit. A system supposed to automate the matching of trainee doctors with jobs was abandoned after applicants' personal details became visible on the website ( Junior doctors' personal details made public in website blunder , April 26 2007). The Medical Training Application Service (MTAS) debacle ...
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Internet: Investigators ramp up inquiry into Yahoo's ad link with Google
The US department of justice has begun a formal investigation into competition concerns surrounding an advertising tie-up between the two biggest global players in internet searches, Google and Yahoo. Officials want to know whether the revenue-sharing deal risks creating an effective monopoly for the two companies which, between them, account for almost three out of four of the world's online ...
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Microsoft seeks allies for new Yahoo move
BANGALORE: Microsoft Corp is preparing a new bid for Yahoo Inc’s search business and has approached other media companies about joining it in a deal that would effectively lead to Yahoo’s break-up, the Wall Street Journal said.
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Telethra and ESPRE Solutions Partner to Make the Internet a Scalable and Secure Space for Next Generation Live Media ...
Telethra, a leading developer of a patent-pending VXN technology enabling a virtual infrastructure for web-based live multimedia delivery and award winning OpenVPN open source software, and ESPRE Solutions, a Dallas-based video media solutions and technology company with a revolutionary and patented video compression technology, today announced a strategic partnership. This partnership will ...
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US officials scrutinizing Google-Yahoo deal
The US Department of Justice said Wednesday it is scrutinizing a proposed online advertising deal between Google and Yahoo to make certain it doesn't stifle competition.
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Microsoft Buys Online Concern
Microsoft said on Tuesday that it would buy Powerset Inc., an Internet search company, the latest in a string of acquisitions aimed at bolstering its position online.
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On Facebook, nobody knows you're not a whore [Sex Trade]
The only thing worse than having potential johns ringing your mobile at all hours? Not actually working in the sex industry, but having the same call-screening woes. 23-year-old Brit Kerry Harvey... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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Apple to .Mac subscribers: Sync bookmarks by Sunday
.Mac subscribers should sync any bookmarks they’ve saved through the online subscription service by July 6, as part of Apple’s transition to the new MobileMe service.
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Life will be flashed before your eyes
Environment, science & technology: Prototype contact lenses that include LEDs and circuits could become a tiny personal display
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Queens Village soldier charged in Internet sex sting
A Queens Village soldier, just back from Iraq, has been arrested for allegedly trying to have sex with someone he thought was a 14-year-old girl.
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Aust women join cyber-sex revolution
Australian women have welcomed technology into their sex lives, according to a survey that questioned nearly 2,000 women from around the country.
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News: Web surfers, it's time to patch
Web surfers, it's time to patch
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Linspire Assets Sold To Rival Linux Distributor, Xandros
Linspire produced Click'N'Run or CNR as a way of finding, reviewing and downloading a copy of desktop software available on the Internet, including the Linspire Linux distribution.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 27th Dec 2007 22:41 UTC, submitted by Patrik Buckau
"The Debian project is pleased to announce the second update of its stable distribution Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 . This update mainly adds corrections for security problems to the stable release, along with a few adjustment to serious problems.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 12th Jan 2007 00:37 UTC
Sales of Windows Vista to businesses were stronger than expected during the operating system's debut month, according to a report from NPD Group. The sales outpaced the first month's tally for Windows 2000 and only slightly trailed that for Windows XP, the market researcher said Thursday.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 8th Aug 2005 19:30 UTC
This interview with Bill Hilf, Microsoft's Linux Lab Manager, answers questions from readers of Slashdot. It speaks about OSS inside Microsoft, attitudes towards open standards, and of course Linux.
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Dropbox Syncs and Backs Up Files Between Computers Instantaneously [Featured Download]
Windows/Mac only: Freeware application and web service Dropbox instantaneously backs up and syncs your files over the internet and to any computer. After you install the application, it will create a...
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ASUS Eee PC 900 gets livened up with touchscreen
Filed under: Laptops If you're tired of waiting for ASUS to offer a touchscreen option for the Eee PC 900 (or you're the proud owner of an existing unit), jkkmobile is happy to show you their shortcut to touchy-feely nirvana. As we've seen on all those other Eees , installing the touch panel into the 900 doesn't seem to be extraordinarily difficult for those with a few mods ...
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Update:
"It's all too easy to get caught up in the million dollar marketing engine as we approach the consumer release of Windows Vista, so lets not forget that it isn't the second coming, and by all counts is an upgrade you can do without.
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Simon Hoggart's sketch: Tripped by an obvious trap
Simon Hoggart: David Cameron's trap for Gordon Brown wasn't disguised with brush. Instead it had a great big flashing neon sign
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